September 2009
In This Issue:
Key Factsheet: First Destinations of Leavers
The most recent Destinations of Leavers report released by HESA collected information on the occupations of students who graduated in 2007 and 2008. Data for London's higher education institutions include:
- approximately 55,000 London graduates responded to HESA surveys;
- 65% were in work and 7% were assumed to be unemployed (for UK and other EU graduates);
- 71% of UK leavers who studied in London were employed in London, while 20% were in the East and South East.
Source: HESA (2009). Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Institutions 2007/08. Higher Education Statistics Agency, Cheltenham, England.
Download London Higher Destinations of Leavers Key Factsheet for 2007/08 (PDF: 0.05 MB).
Key Facts: HE Resources in London 2007/08
Data issued by HESA on financial and staff resources of Higher Education (HE) institutions in 2007/08 includes the following information on London:
- total income for all 42 HE institutions in London was £5,000 million;
- £900 million was obtained for research and major funding sources were charities and government bodies followed by Research Councils;
- London HE institutions employed 94,000 staff of which 37,000 (=40%) were in academic roles;
- 35% of academic staff worked in medicine and healthcare.
Source: HESA (2009). Resources of Higher Education Institutions 2007/08. Higher Education Statistics Agency, Cheltenham, England.
For more information download the following:
- London Higher Finance Resources Key Factsheet for 2007/08 (PDF 0.05 MB);
- London Higher Staff Resources Key Factsheet for 2007/08 (PDF 0.05 MB).
Other Factsheets on HE statistics for London can be found here. Comments on Factsheets should be sent to Paresh Shah.
Research Council success rates
Data on grant applications, success rates and amounts of funding is issued regularly by Research Councils. Regional analyses were done on 2007/08 data for six of the seven Councils.
Higher education institutions and research organisations in London obtained over £242 million, with the largest amounts from the Medical Research Council (43%) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (37%).
Summary reports on grant success rates for each of the Research Councils can be downloaded from the Factsheets webpage.
Any comments or enquiries on these reports should be made to Paresh Shah.
HERA Barometer
The HERA Barometer aims to provide Government and other national stakeholders with current information on how the higher education sector is responding to the economic downturn and to monitor any changes in provision and demand of services involving universities and higher education colleges.
HEFCE is compiling regular reports from all of the English HERAs (Higher Education Regional Associations; London Higher is London Region’s HERA).
Two reports have been issued so far and two further reports are due to be released in October and December this year.
The HERA Barometer reports with contributions from London Higher members can be downloaded from the Barometer webpage.
School and HE links in London
In August the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) approved the recommendations in the School and Higher Education Links in London (SHELL) delivery plan and awarded London Higher a grant to run the SHELL project from 2009 to 2011.
Click here to read more.
For further information on this project please contact Naz Khan.
Reports in Member's Area
The following reports have recently been posted in the Member's Area:
1) Times Higher student experience survey 2009:
Analyses were carried out on 22 parameters to determine which ones were related to high scores for HE institutions participating in the survey.
2) HEFCE HE-Business and Communities Interaction survey 2007/08:
Summary charts comparing London with other UK regions on sources of income, knowledge transfer activities (e.g. spin-outs, patents, returns on IP investment) and social, cultural and community events.
Note that the Member's Area is password-protected and only accessible to Heads of Institutions and nominated Membership Engagement coordinators.
If you cannot log-in or have lost your password then please contact Paresh Shah.
New London Higher offices
In August London Higher, Study London and Podium moved to new office space in Senate House.
Our main office is now Room 131, South Block, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU.
A location map for Senate House can be found in the About Us section of our website.
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